The Syndicate Group

The Syndicate Group is a venture capital firm established in 2017 and headquartered in Los Angeles, California. The firm specializes in facilitating investment opportunities for startups, aiming to accelerate their growth by providing exclusive access to funding sources for their channel partners. This approach allows The Syndicate Group to connect emerging companies with strategic investors, fostering a collaborative environment that enhances the scaling process for innovative ventures.

Chad Cardenas

Founder, CEO

25 past transactions

Veza

Venture Round in 2023
Veza is the data security platform that helps users use and share their data safely. It makes it easy to understand, manage, and control who can and should take what action on what data. It organizes authorization metadata across identity providers, data systems, cloud service providers, and applications, all to address the toughest data security challenges of the modern era. The company is funded by top-tier investors including Accel, Bain Capital, Ballistic Ventures, Blackstone, GV, Norwest Venture Partners, and True Ventures.

Grip Security

Series B in 2023
Grip Security specializes in providing comprehensive visibility and security for enterprise SaaS applications, whether known or unknown. The company offers a security application that enforces security policies and prevents data loss across the entire SaaS portfolio. Grip's solution, known as the SaaS Security Control Plane (SSCP), delivers extreme accuracy in monitoring applications, users, and their interactions, significantly reducing false positives. This innovative approach allows organizations to modernize their security architecture and adopt a business-led IT strategy while maintaining a secure environment. By enabling deep visibility into all enterprise applications, Grip Security helps clients establish a secure network within their workspaces.

Symmetry Systems

Series B in 2023
Symmetry Systems, Inc. is a security software company based in San Mateo, California, founded in 2015. It offers a platform designed to address modern data security and privacy challenges, enabling organizations to manage data visibility, access, and usage effectively. The platform protects against misuse, insider threats, and cybercriminal activities while ensuring compliance with regulatory standards. Symmetry's solutions work with both structured and unstructured data across major cloud services and on-premise environments, providing organizations with a read-only service that adheres to existing security controls. Its advanced AI capabilities help minimize data risks, enforce access policies, and respond to threats in real time. Symmetry serves a diverse clientele, including Fortune 50 companies in finance, manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, and federal agencies, and has been recognized for its innovative approach in the data security sector.

Abnormal Security

Venture Round in 2023
Abnormal Security Corporation specializes in cloud-based email security solutions for Microsoft Office 365 and G Suite, aiming to protect organizations from targeted email attacks. Founded in 2018 and based in San Francisco, the company employs a data science approach to enhance its email protection capabilities. Its platform offers a range of services, including inbound email protection, detection of email account compromises, and responses to various threats. Abnormal Security addresses issues such as credential phishing, internal phishing, impersonation of employees and executives, vendor account compromise, as well as invoice and payment fraud. The company serves diverse sectors, including financial services, healthcare, and utilities, providing comprehensive solutions to safeguard against email-related risks that can lead to significant financial and reputational damage.

Grip Security

Venture Round in 2023
Grip Security specializes in providing comprehensive visibility and security for enterprise SaaS applications, whether known or unknown. The company offers a security application that enforces security policies and prevents data loss across the entire SaaS portfolio. Grip's solution, known as the SaaS Security Control Plane (SSCP), delivers extreme accuracy in monitoring applications, users, and their interactions, significantly reducing false positives. This innovative approach allows organizations to modernize their security architecture and adopt a business-led IT strategy while maintaining a secure environment. By enabling deep visibility into all enterprise applications, Grip Security helps clients establish a secure network within their workspaces.

AppOmni

Series C in 2022
AppOmni Inc. is a company that specializes in cloud security for software as a service (SaaS) applications, focusing on protecting enterprise data. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in San Bruno, California, with an additional office in Carbondale, Colorado, AppOmni offers a platform that conducts thorough scans of APIs, security controls, and configuration settings. This technology helps organizations identify and address risky configurations, improper access controls, and potential data exposures. The platform provides users with a dashboard that offers visibility into the state of their SaaS applications, allowing them to ensure compliance with best practices and business objectives. Furthermore, AppOmni enables organizations to establish and automatically validate rules for data access and sharing, enhancing security for sensitive information. The company has received recognition in the cybersecurity field and is backed by notable investors, reflecting its commitment to innovation and leadership in SaaS security solutions.

Drata

Series C in 2022
Drata is a Trust Management Platform based in San Diego, California, founded in 2020 by Adam Markowitz, Daniel Marashlian, and Troy Markowitz. The company specializes in security compliance automation, assisting organizations in achieving and maintaining compliance with various standards such as SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI DSS, GDPR, CCPA, CMMC, and NIST CSF. Drata's platform offers continuous, automated monitoring and evidence collection, significantly reducing the time and costs associated with annual audits. By providing actionable insights, reports, alerts, and seamless SaaS integrations, Drata enables enterprises to build trust with their users and partners while facilitating secure business growth.

oak9

Series A in 2022
oak9 is a cloud security company that focuses on integrating security into application design to facilitate rapid development and innovation. Its platform specializes in analyzing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to ensure that security measures are automatically embedded in cloud-native applications. By offering pre-built building blocks that cater to various architectures and cloud providers, oak9 simplifies the application security process, enabling businesses to achieve both security and compliance in their deployments. This approach allows organizations to accelerate delivery while maintaining a strong security posture.

Spectro Cloud

Series B in 2022
Spectro Cloud, Inc. is a technology firm based in Santa Clara, California, specializing in Kubernetes management solutions. Established in 2019, the company offers the Palette platform, which simplifies the deployment and management of Kubernetes environments across diverse infrastructures, including public clouds, private clouds, data centers, and bare metal. Palette enables Platform Engineering, IT Operations, and DevOps teams to efficiently manage the entire Kubernetes lifecycle while ensuring compliance, security, and operational health. The platform supports both virtual machine and container workloads, providing tailored Kubernetes stacks that cater to specific organizational needs. Spectro Cloud has received recognition as a Gartner Cool Vendor and a CRN Tech Innovator, and is acknowledged as a leader in GigaOm’s 2024 Radars for Edge Kubernetes and Managed Kubernetes.

Noname Security

Series C in 2021
Noname Security is a cybersecurity company founded in 2020 and based in Palo Alto, California. It specializes in providing security solutions specifically designed to protect application programming interfaces (APIs) from various threats, including data leakage, authorization issues, and misuse. The company's platform enables enterprises to gain visibility and secure both managed and unmanaged APIs without the need for agents or network modifications. Noname Security's offerings include real-time protection, vulnerability detection, and misconfiguration identification, which enhance security beyond traditional methods such as API gateways and load balancers. By focusing on comprehensive API security, Noname Security aims to address the growing concerns surrounding data integrity and application security in modern digital environments.

ThoughtSpot

Series F in 2021
ThoughtSpot, Inc. is a provider of search-driven analytics designed for enterprises, enabling users to easily search and analyze data, generate instant charts, build reports, and create dashboards. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, ThoughtSpot serves various sectors including retail, healthcare, financial services, and manufacturing. The company's platform leverages a natural language search interface, allowing users to obtain actionable insights quickly and efficiently. It connects seamlessly with on-premise, cloud, and big data sources, centralizing data management and facilitating intelligent decision-making. Additionally, ThoughtSpot offers low-code integration solutions for developers, enhancing analytics capabilities within existing products and services. With a focus on empowering users to explore data, ThoughtSpot aims to drive growth and improve business outcomes across organizations. The company has expanded its presence globally with locations in multiple countries, including the United Kingdom, Germany, France, India, and Japan.

Noname Security

Series B in 2021
Noname Security is a cybersecurity company founded in 2020 and based in Palo Alto, California. It specializes in providing security solutions specifically designed to protect application programming interfaces (APIs) from various threats, including data leakage, authorization issues, and misuse. The company's platform enables enterprises to gain visibility and secure both managed and unmanaged APIs without the need for agents or network modifications. Noname Security's offerings include real-time protection, vulnerability detection, and misconfiguration identification, which enhance security beyond traditional methods such as API gateways and load balancers. By focusing on comprehensive API security, Noname Security aims to address the growing concerns surrounding data integrity and application security in modern digital environments.

VAST Data

Series D in 2021
VAST Data, Inc. specializes in developing innovative data storage solutions, offering a universal storage platform that integrates Intel’s Optane SSDs as a cache for data stored on quad-level cell (QLC) SSDs. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in New York, with an additional office in San Jose, VAST Data serves various industries, including animation, visual effects, deep learning, and enterprise backup recovery. The platform is designed to accelerate time-to-insight for workload-intensive applications, providing scalable performance, simple data management, and improved productivity for AI-driven organizations. Since its launch in 2019, VAST Data has gained recognition as a rapidly growing player in the data infrastructure sector.

SecurityScorecard

Series E in 2021
SecurityScorecard, Inc., founded in 2013 by Dr. Alex Yampolskiy and Sam Kassoumeh, is a leading provider of cybersecurity ratings and continuous monitoring services. The company's platform assesses the cybersecurity strength of third-party vendors and businesses, offering solutions like ThreatMarket, a cloud-based vulnerability search engine, and Score Planner for remediation paths. SecurityScorecard serves Fortune 1000 organizations worldwide, providing tools for vendor risk management, board reporting, and cyber insurance underwriting. Its patented technology rates over a million companies continuously, enabling organizations to identify and mitigate cybersecurity risks across their digital footprint. The company is based in New York, New York.

Valtix

Series A in 2021
Valtix Inc. is a software company based in Santa Clara, California, specializing in network security solutions for public cloud applications. Founded in 2018, Valtix offers a multi-cloud network security platform that simplifies the implementation of security measures in cloud environments. The platform automatically discovers applications and allows administrators to quickly define inspection policies, catering to the needs of security teams in a DevOps-friendly manner. By providing flexibility in deployment architectures—ranging from secure island setups to centralized models—Valtix enables cloud teams to meet stringent security requirements without the complexity and costs associated with multiple vendor appliances.

Synack

Series D in 2020
Synack, Inc. is a cybersecurity company that offers a crowdsourced security platform focused on penetration testing. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Redwood City, California, Synack connects organizations with a network of skilled ethical hackers who utilize proprietary scanning technology to assess security vulnerabilities. The platform provides a secure virtual testing environment where researchers can evaluate systems, helping to ensure data integrity, privacy, and confidentiality for clients. Synack's services encompass application security, cloud security, vulnerability management, and more, facilitating continuous testing of attack surfaces. By combining human intelligence from ethical hackers with artificial intelligence technology, Synack delivers scalable, efficient security assessments that yield actionable insights for organizations seeking to enhance their cybersecurity posture.

VAST Data

Series C in 2020
VAST Data, Inc. specializes in developing innovative data storage solutions, offering a universal storage platform that integrates Intel’s Optane SSDs as a cache for data stored on quad-level cell (QLC) SSDs. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in New York, with an additional office in San Jose, VAST Data serves various industries, including animation, visual effects, deep learning, and enterprise backup recovery. The platform is designed to accelerate time-to-insight for workload-intensive applications, providing scalable performance, simple data management, and improved productivity for AI-driven organizations. Since its launch in 2019, VAST Data has gained recognition as a rapidly growing player in the data infrastructure sector.

Cohesity

Series E in 2020
Cohesity, Inc. is a data management technology company that specializes in hyper-converged secondary storage solutions for large organizations. Founded in 2013 and based in Santa Clara, California, with an additional office in Raleigh, North Carolina, Cohesity aims to simplify the protection, management, and extraction of value from data. Its flagship product, the Cohesity DataPlatform, consolidates secondary data and workflows, eliminating storage silos and streamlining data management. The company also offers DataProtect, which integrates various data protection functions, including backup and disaster recovery, as well as the Cohesity Orion platform for comprehensive data protection and big data storage. Additionally, Cohesity provides tools for monitoring and managing data infrastructure through its SaaS-based solution, Cohesity Helios, and its mobile application. The company serves clients across the Americas, EMEA, and APAC, and maintains a strategic partnership with Pure Storage to enhance its offerings.

Harness

Series B in 2020
Harness, Inc. is a technology company that develops a Continuous Delivery-as-a-Service platform aimed at simplifying the software delivery process for engineering and DevOps teams. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, the platform leverages machine learning to automate various aspects of code deployment, including test prioritization, cloud cost management, and continuous verification. Key features of Harness's platform include a pipeline builder, workflow wizard, automated rollback capabilities, secrets management, audit trails, and real-time delivery analytics. By streamlining these processes, Harness enables organizations to accelerate their cloud initiatives and enhance their adoption of modern containerization and orchestration technologies.

BigPanda

Series C in 2019
BigPanda, Inc. is a software development company that specializes in a data science platform designed to centralize and correlate IT alerts for organizations. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Mountain View, California, with an additional office in Tel Aviv, Israel, BigPanda's platform helps IT operations, network operations centers, and DevOps teams detect, investigate, and resolve IT incidents effectively. By leveraging advanced machine learning algorithms, the platform transforms numerous daily IT alerts from various fragmented systems into actionable insights, enabling users to automate incident management and improve overall service performance. BigPanda serves a diverse range of industries, including retail, technology, and media, with notable clients such as Intel, TiVO, and Workday, assisting them in reducing operational costs and enhancing their digital transformation efforts.

Trifacta

Series E in 2019
Trifacta, established in 2012 and headquartered in San Francisco, specializes in data engineering cloud platforms. It offers solutions like Wrangler, Wrangler Pro, and Cloud Data Preparation, enabling businesses to prepare, clean, and transform diverse data for analysis. Trifacta's platform is AI-assisted, collaborative, and visually intuitive, allowing users to connect to any data source, evaluate and correct data quality, automate data pipelines, and drive informed business decisions. With a global user base of tens of thousands at over 10,000 companies, including prominent brands like Google and PepsiCo, Trifacta empowers data professionals to unlock the potential of their data.

ThoughtSpot

Series E in 2019
ThoughtSpot, Inc. is a provider of search-driven analytics designed for enterprises, enabling users to easily search and analyze data, generate instant charts, build reports, and create dashboards. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, ThoughtSpot serves various sectors including retail, healthcare, financial services, and manufacturing. The company's platform leverages a natural language search interface, allowing users to obtain actionable insights quickly and efficiently. It connects seamlessly with on-premise, cloud, and big data sources, centralizing data management and facilitating intelligent decision-making. Additionally, ThoughtSpot offers low-code integration solutions for developers, enhancing analytics capabilities within existing products and services. With a focus on empowering users to explore data, ThoughtSpot aims to drive growth and improve business outcomes across organizations. The company has expanded its presence globally with locations in multiple countries, including the United Kingdom, Germany, France, India, and Japan.

Bitglass

Series D in 2019
Bitglass, Inc. is an information technology company that specializes in security solutions for enterprises transitioning to cloud and mobile environments. Founded in 2013 and based in Campbell, California, the company provides a comprehensive platform that ensures real-time data protection across various interactions and devices. Its offerings include a cloud access security broker, an on-device secure web gateway, and zero-trust network access, which collectively enable effective monitoring and protection of sensitive data. Bitglass’s solutions automatically segment, track, and secure confidential information while maintaining employee privacy. Additionally, the platform alerts clients to potential policy violations and security threats, ensuring business continuity and compliance. The company also has regional offices in Toronto, Canada.

VAST Data

Series B in 2019
VAST Data, Inc. specializes in developing innovative data storage solutions, offering a universal storage platform that integrates Intel’s Optane SSDs as a cache for data stored on quad-level cell (QLC) SSDs. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in New York, with an additional office in San Jose, VAST Data serves various industries, including animation, visual effects, deep learning, and enterprise backup recovery. The platform is designed to accelerate time-to-insight for workload-intensive applications, providing scalable performance, simple data management, and improved productivity for AI-driven organizations. Since its launch in 2019, VAST Data has gained recognition as a rapidly growing player in the data infrastructure sector.

Cohesity

Series D in 2018
Cohesity, Inc. is a data management technology company that specializes in hyper-converged secondary storage solutions for large organizations. Founded in 2013 and based in Santa Clara, California, with an additional office in Raleigh, North Carolina, Cohesity aims to simplify the protection, management, and extraction of value from data. Its flagship product, the Cohesity DataPlatform, consolidates secondary data and workflows, eliminating storage silos and streamlining data management. The company also offers DataProtect, which integrates various data protection functions, including backup and disaster recovery, as well as the Cohesity Orion platform for comprehensive data protection and big data storage. Additionally, Cohesity provides tools for monitoring and managing data infrastructure through its SaaS-based solution, Cohesity Helios, and its mobile application. The company serves clients across the Americas, EMEA, and APAC, and maintains a strategic partnership with Pure Storage to enhance its offerings.
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